ST ANDREW’S WIN CHAMPION RIFLE SHOOTING PRIZE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18008, 19 November 1926, Page 3

ST ANDREW’S WIN CHAMPION RIFLE SHOOTING PRIZE.

ISLINGTON CHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED BY THE COLONEL COMMANDANT Khaki was much in evidence at. St Andrew’s College yesterday afternoon, when Colonel M. M. Gard’nor, commandant of the Southern Command, pretin- college cadet company. The trophy, which is for shooting, is comIsVof the Dominion, and has been won by St Andrew’s College with the best class-firing average in New Zealand. Prior to the presentation, the cadets paraded for inspection, following which the customary drill evolutions were performed. The company then marched round the ground behind the pipe band, and formed up in a hollow square for the presentation of the cup. Colonel Gard’ner, in handing over the cup to Company-Sergeant Major A. M. Hartnell, congratulated the company on their achievement In winning the trophy, and on their general smartness on parade. As a. unit, he said, the St Andrew’s Company was comparatively young, having been formed only about eight years ago. To have reached their present standard of efficiency was greatly to their credit. St Andrew’s had won the trophy this year with the very fine average of 110.36, which score, he thought, was a record. The cup had been presented by Lady Islington in 3 012, and its object had been t.o encourage shooting among the cadet units of New Zealand. This object had been achieved, as there had been a steady improvement in the standard of shooting. He handed over the trophy, and stated that they could be proud of it, and the unit to which they belonged. He urged the boys to do their utmost to keep up the good name of their unit.

Colonel Gard’ner also presented the William Robert Friar Memorial Prize for the best all-round n.c.o. In the cadets of the Southern Command, won last, year by Company Sergeant-Major N. D. Bates.